Catholic Party of Krakow

The Catholic Party was a conservative political party in the Republic of Krakow that was active from 1815 to 1846. The Catholic Party was founded on the basis of Catholic principles such as social conservatism and an interventionist economy, and it supported the client state status of the republic. The Catholic Party was supported by the majority of the population, boasting 63.8% of the vote in 1836. However, its support would decline as liberal nationalist agitation grew during the late 1830s and early 1840s, and its loss of support allowed for the liberals to launch the fatal 1846 Krakow Uprising, which resulted in Krakow losing its independence to the Austrian Empire.